How Do you Abbreviate Continued? Cont. or Cont’d?
Technically, both cont. and cont’d are correct abbreviations for continued. Cont. is a truncated form,…
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When to Use I.e. (I.e. vs. E.g.)
I.e. is Latin for id est, meaning ‘in essence’. In English, this is understood as…
What’s the Past Tense of Lying Down? Lay down or Laid down?
The past tense of lie down is lay down, and the past participle is lain….
What’s the Past Tense of Weep? Weeped or Wept?
Hopefully you haven’t wept over not knowing the past tense of weep. Here’s a hint,…
What’s the Past Tense of Forget? Forgot, Forgotten?
The verb forget has three main forms: forget (present), forgot (past) and forgotten (past participle)….
What is the Past Tense of Forbid? Forbid, Forbade, Forbidden.
Forbid has three verb forms: forbid, forbade, and forbidden. Forbade is the simple past tense,…
What’s the Past Tense of Swing?
The present tense verb, swing, is an irregular verb with one past form, i.e., swung.
What’s the Past Tense of Shine? Shined or Shone?
To shine, intransitively, has shone as a past tense. Shined is the past tense of…
Is it Spit or Spat, Paddy Whack? What’s the Past Tense of Spit?
Does he spit rhymes or spat rhymes? What’s the past tense of spit? The answer…
Know, Knew, Known: Which is the Correct the Past Tense?
‘Know’ is the present tense, ‘knew’ is the past tense form, and ‘had/have known’ is…
What’s the Past Tense of Begin?
The word (and verb) to begin (present tense), means “to start doing something;…
Give, Gave, Given: What’s the Past Tense of Give?
Give is the present simple, gave is the past simple, and given is the past…
When to Use ‘A’ or ‘An’ (What’s an Article?)
When to use a/an is determined by sound. Use ‘a’ when the noun starts with…
What is the Present Tense? (Forms of the Present Tense)
Want to make tense, sense? The present tense has 4 main forms: the present simple,…
What is the Past Tense? (Forms of the Past Tense)
The past tense is divided into 4 groups, all of which depict an action as…